Module 4: What Kind of Data Goes in a Field Notebook?
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16 Apr 2024 | Contributor(s): Shawn Elizabeth Zeringue-Krosnick, Kelly Moore, Brittany McGuire, Rachel May | doi:10.25334/XYYN-TE68
The goal of this activity is to introduce students to biological field notebooks and how they are used by scientists during field work. Specifically, students will learn what a botanist collecting plants in the field will record in their notebook, and how this information is then used to produce...
Module 3: What on Earth is a Herbarium?
08 Apr 2024 | Contributor(s): Shawn Elizabeth Zeringue-Krosnick, Kelly Moore, Brittany McGuire, Rachel May | doi:10.25334/X09Z-R610
The goal of this activity is to introduce students to herbarium specimens and why they are an important source of information. The emphasis of this activity is on examining the types of data that specimens provide and how this data can be used to answer questions in biology (e.g., species...
Module 2: Opening Your Eyes to the Diversity of Plants
02 Apr 2024 | Contributor(s): Shawn Elizabeth Zeringue-Krosnick, Kelly Moore, Brittany McGuire, Rachel May | doi:10.25334/7F1W-3047
This activity picks up from Module 1 where students chose the plant they wanted to represent their botanical history. In that module, they each identified their plant’s family and were given its scientific name. Module 2 provides students with an overview of the four major groups of land plants...
Revealing Hidden Figures in Natural History Collections Working Group 2023 Update!
15 Dec 2023 | Contributor(s): Adania Flemming, Dr Pankaj Mehrotra, Jennifer Kovacs, Karina Sanchez, Molly Allison Phillips, Mary Mulcahy, Shawn Elizabeth Zeringue-Krosnick, Makenzie Mabry, Siobhan Leachman, Jennifer Girón | doi:10.25334/1XC1-8D37
Our 2023 BIOME Lightning Presentation sharing updates from the Hidden Figures Working Group including the first two published modules!
The Importance of an ORCID
13 Dec 2023 | Contributor(s): Siobhan Leachman, Adania Flemming, Makenzie Mabry, Molly Phillips, Shawn Elizabeth Zeringue-Krosnick, Jennifer Kovacs, Olubunmi Aina | doi:10.25334/TPF8-HW81
This lesson introduces students and instructors to the use of ORCIDs (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), and walks students through the process of registering for an ORCID. This module also helps explain the importance of obtaining an ORCID for anyone involved in research.
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